clone
See also: cloné
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: klōn
- (General American) IPA(key): /kloʊn/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kləʊn/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Noun edit
clone (plural clones)
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
- The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.
- (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
- 2017, Allyson Kennedy, Can't Beat the Heart of a Carolina Girl:
- Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
- (LGBT, slang) A Castro clone.
- 1984 August 11, Martin, “Untitled cartoon (caption)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 7:
- Some of me is clone, but a good part of me is still disco.
- 1991 August 31, Arnold M. Zwicky, “What the hell is a TWINKIE?”, in soc.motss[1] (Usenet):
- these are cultural categories. they change over time. new ones appear (the Leatherman is recent, the Bear very recent), old ones vanish (though individual aunties and clones are still to be found - arch-clone jimmy pike is still making videos and keeping his stomach muscles in great shape - the Auntie and the Clone as generally recognized categories are no longer with us).
Derived terms edit
- agroclone
- binary clone
- clonability
- clonable
- clonal
- cloneable
- cloneless
- clonelike
- clonemate
- clone town
- clonewheel organ
- clonish
- clonism
- clonology
- clonotype
- epiclone
- Euroclone
- Famiclone
- hemiclone
- holoclone
- interclone
- meroclone
- microclone
- monoclone
- nonclone
- oligoclone
- paraclone
- Pikaclone
- polyclone
- protoclone
- re-clone
- snowclone
- subclone
- superclone
- teleclone
Descendants edit
Translations edit
living organism (originally a plant)
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group of identical cells derived from a single cell
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copy of something already existing
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Verb edit
clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)
- (transitive) To create a clone of.
- The scientists were able to clone a sheep.
- We cloned the database to perform some testing.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Thai: โคลน (kloon)
Translations edit
create a clone
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References edit
- H.J. Webber. "New Horticultural and Agricultural Terms". Science (new series) 18:501-503, 1903, DOI: 10.1126/science.18.459.501-b.
- C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
- C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
- W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Verb edit
clone
French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clone m (plural clones)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
clone
- inflection of cloner:
Further reading edit
- “clone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clone m (plural cloni)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English clone, from the same source as above.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clone m (plural cloni)
- (computing, electronics, also figurative) clone
Related terms edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 clone in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: clo‧ne
- Rhymes: -oni
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
clone m (plural clones)
- clone (organism produced asexually from a single ancestor)
- clone (copy of something already existing)
- clone (group of identical cells derived from a single cell)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
clone
- inflection of clonar:
Romanian edit
Noun edit
clone f pl
Noun edit
clone n pl
Spanish edit
Verb edit
clone
- inflection of clonar: